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Congo-Zaire

Congo-Zaire is the alternative form of Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Meaning of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Proper noun

the Democratic Republic of the Congo (abbreviation DRC or DR Congo)

  1. A country in Central Africa, the larger of the two countries named Congo. Capital: Kinshasa.
    • The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s negotiator appeared to block the final deal presented by China, telling the plenary that he could not support the agreement in its current form because it did not create a new fund for biodiversity, separate to the existing UN fund, the global environment...2022 December 19, Patrick Greenfield, Phoebe Weston, “Cop15: historic deal struck to halt biodiversity loss by 2030”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN...

Questions about Congo-Zaire

What is Congo-Zaire the alternative form of?
Congo-Zaire is the alternative form of Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Words near Congo-Zaire in the dictionary

  1. Congo-Kinshasa
  2. Congo-Kinshasan
  3. Congo-Kinshasans
  4. Congo-Leopoldville
  5. Congo-Saharan
  6. Congo-Zaire
  7. congocidine
  8. congocidines
  9. congoer
  10. congoers
  11. congoes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Congo-Zaire (page history and authors); Democratic Republic of the Congo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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